Assets To Be Protected

  This section lists many telecommunications assets that need to be protected. Assets are also referred to as PSN resources. Many of the assets that need to be protected are Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning (OAM&) system assets. OAM& is a set of functions used to administer/manage network elements and networks. Telecommunications assets requiring protection include the following:

1. Switches;
2. Customer, carrier, and ESP proprietary information;
3. Data, especially billing data and data that enables reconfiguration;
4. Application System software, firmware, hardware, administrative capabilities, and system functions for configuration, update, and maintenance of all hardware, firmware, and software;
5. Application System interfaces;
6. Application System control and management databases;
7. Attributes and features of each Application System component or element; and
8. Application System audit trail.